CNBlue Members Yong Hwa and Jung Shin feel short?!

Most people would feel short when standing next to the 6'1" Lee Jung Shin and 5'11" Jung Yong Hwa of Korean rock band CNBlue.

But both seemed like the average joe's height after a photo of the two members were tweeted from CNBlue's Official Twitter account.

Both were standing between Korean Olympic volleyball players Kim Yeon Kyung and Yang Hyo Jin (both are over 6 ft. tall). All looked adorable next to each other, except for the fact that the two women had to bend down a bit to take the picture.

It's kind of odd to see since I have never seen Korean volleyball players. I had no idea that they were that tall! And on another note, I knew Yong Hwa had always considered himself short compared to the other members of CNBlue. In an earlier interview, he mentioned that while shooting the cover to their album, "Bluetory", he felt self-conscious since the other group members had to lean back against the wall in order to slouch a little bit. Yong Hwa was the only one standing straight up. But considering that he is 5'11", I think he has nothing to be self-conscious about.

Although the group has been on break for a little while, they certainly seem to be keeping themselves busy.

In fact, be on the lookout for Jung Shin in a drama that will be coming out within the next month or two. I believe it's called "My Daughter Soyoung" and it is said that Jung Shin has been cast as one of the main characters.

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The members will be heading over to bright ol' London, England for a performance on September 22nd and tickets are now on sale. If you would like the link, please see my post "CNBlue London Concert Tickets on Sale". The link to AEG's site is located near the bottom of my post.

U.S. Swim Team- "Call Me Maybe" Parody

A week ago a video surfaced on YouTube of the U.S. swim team doing a parody of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe".

It. Made. Me. Smile. 

It's a feel good video of hard working Olympic athletes having a little bit of fun in the pool, on the plane, in a bus, hotel hallways, at appearances, etc. And, you know what, why not? They work hard every day, a little fun to help the body unwind is good medicine, I think. And, may I say, it certainly did not hurt most of them. Just check the medals.

It shows that they're not just work horses, but that they're people that like to have fun, too. And they have a sense of humor like the rest of us.

It may not be such a show of solidarity as a music video South Korean idols had done, but gosh darn it, it was still cute.

Let me just preface this a little bit by saying that these are swimmers so there will be some in scant dress. But for the most part they are clothed.

You'll recognize Missy Franklin, Ryan Lochte and of course, the awesome Michael Phelps. 

Here's the video. Credit goes to Ms. Jepsen and the U.S. Olympic Swim Team 2012.

Author Note: Ok, I tried to upload the video from YouTube, but it is blocked from being viewed on sites like blogs I guess. But if you do a search for "US Swim Team Call Me Maybe", you'll be sure to find it. Hope you enjoy!

Olympic Fever

This is not related to anything Asian. I just wanted to share that I have Olympic fever. Just like millions of viewers across the globe, I have been glued to the telly since the opening ceremonies.(Present time excluded)

Tonight, as I was watching the men's swimming preliminaries, I heard a name that I haven't heard in ages come up. Matt Biondi.

In a nutshell, Matt Biondi was an Olympic swimmer who represented the US in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 summer Olympic games. In his Olympic career he won 11 medals.

I happened to meet Matt as he was teaching at a school on the Big Island of Hawaii. I was coordinating a photo shoot for work in which he was one of the participants.

When he walked into the room, I tried to keep my cool, be calm and be professional. But on the inside I was screaming. I had watched this guy swim when I was just a little girl. And he inspired me to want to learn how to swim.

He was an intimidating 6'7". But, let me tell you, as we went through the shoot, I could see he was a down to earth nice guy.

I will forever cherish that moment. Some people have the chance to win gold. I will never be able to have that chance. But at least I was able to shake the hand of one of the greatest swimmers and spend a couple of hours with him.

My Olympic moment. My Olympic memory.

One day I'll share another. My Kyla Ross one. I still can't believe the US women's gymnastic team won gold!

Park Tae Hwan- Fortunately There's Video

Wow...the London Olympics sure have gotten off to a rocky start. There were a couple of upsets within the first couple of days alone.

Swimming icon Michael Phelps didn't win gold in the Men's 400m Individual, he didn't even get on the podium! His team mate, Ryan Lochte, took home the gold.

Jordyn Wieber, the favorite amongst the U.S. women's gymnasts, had an off start with little mistakes on beam and vault. She was ousted from going to the all-around individuals final. Teammates Gabby Douglas and quiet warrior Aly Raisman will be representing the U.S.

But what I thought was the most embarassing, lucky, and newsworthy event of the first couple of days, was the "DQ" (disqualification) of South Korea's aquatic hero, Park Tae Hwan.

In a qualifying heat for the 400m on Saturday, Park swam his best, clearly out-swimming everyone else in the pool. As he was waiting for the times to post, he was given the bad news that he was disqualified for a "false start". Ok, what?

Immediately, footage of the start rolled and again, the question, "what?" From my point of view, and I'm sure most others, it was a clean start.

The South Korean's immediately contested the ruling, which I am so glad they did, and FINA, the sport's global governing body, overturned the ruling.

How embarrassing for the officials watching the event. But that's the Olympics for you.

Park advanced to the final and went on to win Silver, just behind China's Sun Yang.

Jja, Park Tae Hwan, lucky they have video these days.

Nations Unite

(Olympic Fanfare blaring segueing into Call of the Champions)

For the next 17 days, the frenzy will be over the London Olympics. Did you know it is one of the highest viewed events in broadcast history? The last summer Olympics, in Beijing, was the highest viewed event, ever.

Countries from all over the globe will compete for gold. For the love, honor and respect of their country and the world. But what's most important, is that we will be putting all differences aside in the spirit of sportsmanship. Why is it that it's so easy to do that for this, but not everyday?

To all the nations- may the best man or woman win!

(Fade in Summon the Heroes with voice over) Dreams of gold. The ultimate test of courage, strength and agility. Fierce competition culminating in victory for one...

The London Olympics. The world is watching.

Cheesy, I know. Part of my line of work. Wonder how the opening ceremonies will go?